Penholder.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT HENRY WALLER, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FIFTH TOMAX BENZ, JR, AND ONE-FIFTH TO NEELY H. PORCH, OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 24, 1906.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT HENRY WALLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee,have invented a new and useful Penholder, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in penholders.

The object of the present inventionis to improve the construction ofpenholders and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive oneadapted to be readily operated with one hand to effect the removal of apen and capable of enabling a pen to be readily inserted in it.

A further object of the invention is to provide a penholder of thischaracter in which the movement for ejecting a pen will assist infreeing the same should there be any corrosion.

Also the invention has for its object to provide a penholder in whichthe ressure incident to its use will operate to ock 'the pen, wherebythe latter will be effectually prevented from being accidentallyreleased when in use.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in theconstruction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointedout in.

the claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes inthe form, proportion, size, and minor details of construction within thescope of the claims may be resorted to without departingfrom the spiritor sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a penholderconstructed in accordance with this invention, the pivoted barrel beingtilted for ejecting the pen. longitudinal sectional view, the pivotedbarrel being arranged to clamp the pen. Fig. 3

a is a longitudinal sectional view, the parts be- Fig. 2 is a' 1designates a pivoted pen-receiving barrel mounted on a-bar or member 2,having a pointed shank 3, which is embedded in the stick or handle 4 ofthe penholder. The stick or handle 4 is reinforced at its outer portionby a sleeve 5, and the bar or member 2 extends outward in advance of thehandle 4 and is rigid with the same. The pivoted barrel is substantiallycylindrical, and it is provided at its bottom with a longitudinal slot6, through which the bar or member 2 extends when the pivoted barrel isswung from a position longitudinally of the penholder, as illustrated inFig. 2 of the drawings, to an angular position, as illustrated in Figs.1 and 3.

Q The lower portion of the front of the barrel is compressed laterallyto provide a substantially U-shaped portion 7, which is hinged to thefront end of the bar or member below the center thereof, preferably byhaving its sides indented, as indicated at 8. The exterior indentationsprovide inner protuberances, which engage the bar or member 2 and formpivots or trunnions for the barrel 1. Any other suitable means may beemployed for pivoting the barrel to the fixed bar or memher.

The bar or member 2 has its upper edge notched or recessed to providetwo distinct contact points 10 and 11 for engaging the pen 12, and whenthe pivoted barrel is in its locked position the pen is firmly held inthe holder. The bar or member 2 extends outward slightly in advance ofthe pivot when the parts are arranged as shown in Fig. 2, so that it isnecessary to exert a slight pressure on the barrel to bring the partsinto this position. The bar or member forms an interiorly-arrangedcam-shaped jaw, which cooperates with the pivoted barrel to form a clampfor positively gripping a pen. The device exerts a spring clampingaction on the pen, which is permitted both by the arrangement of thefiat bar within the tubular barrel and also by the particularconstruction of the front end of the barrel. As the sides of the flatbar are spaced from the outwardlybowed curved side walls of the barrel,a lateral contraction and a corresponding distention of the barrel fromthe top to the bottom are possible. Also the inwardly-extendingtransversely-disposed portions, which connect the curved side walls-ofthe barrel with the U-shaped port] on 7, are resilient and permit adistention of the barrel from top to bottom. This will enable anydesired width of bar from top to bottom to be employed, and it will beclear that by slightly increasing the width of the bar from top tobottom or the distance the bar projects in advance of the pivot thegripping action of the device on a pen will be increased. Also when theparts are in their locked position the bar is 'located Wholly within andis substantially concealed by the tubular barrel, as the lowerlongitudinal edge is only visible through the slot when the device isviewed from the bottom. Also when the parts are in their locked positionthe penholder presents sub stantially the same appearance as an ordinarypenholder. When in use, the forefinger rests upon the pivoted barrel inrear of the pivotal point thereof, so that the pressure exerted on thepenholder incident to the use of the same will operate to maintain thepivoted barrel inits locked position and will effectually prevent thepen from becoming accidentally released when the penholder is in use.

The pen is adapted to be readily ejected with one hand by exertingpressure on the back of the same, and the pressure on the back of thepen to tilt the pivoted or hinged barrel will also operate to free thepen should there be any corrosion of the parts.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A penholder, comprising a handle, a tubular pen-receiving barrelprovided with a slot, a flat bar or member rigid with the handle andpivoted to the barrel and operating through the slot, the side faces ofthe bar or member being spaced from the curved sides of the barrel, andthe said bar or member and the barrel cooperating to form a springclampfor holding a pen.

2. A penholder, comprising a handle, a tu- 4 bular pen-receiving barrelprovided with a slot extending from its inner end and terminating shortof its outer end, and a flat bar or member pivoted to the tubular barreland operating through the slot, and located 5 wholly within, andsubstantially concealed by, the barrel when the latter is in alinementwith the handle, the said bar or member cooperating with the barrel toform a springclamp for holding a pen. 5

3. A penholder, comprising a handle, a tubular pen-receiving barrelprovided with a slot, a flat bar or member pivoted at the lower edge ofthe outer end to the barrel and provided at the upper edge withprojecting 6( spaced engaging portions, said bar or member and barrelcooperating to form a resilient clamp for engaging a pen.

4. A penholder, comprising a handle, a bar or member projectingtherefrom, a tubular 6 pen-receiving barrel provided in its bottom witha slot extending from the inner end of the barrel and terminating shortof the outer end thereof, said barrel having its lower por tioncompressed in advance of the slot to pro- 7! vide a substantiallyU-shaped portion, and means for pivotally connecting the latter with thebar or member.

5. A penholder, comprising a handle, a bar or member projectingtherefrom, and a tubu- 7 lar pen-receiving barrel pivoted to the bar ormember and provided at opposite sides with bends forming resilientportions, the said barrel and the said'bar or member cooperating to forma resilient clamp for holding a 8c

